Needful Things (1993)

Needful Things (1993) (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Portuguese ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
117 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 1993 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Fraser Clarke Heston

Written By:
Stephen King
W.D. Richter

Actors:
Max von Sydow ..... Leland Gaunt
Ed Harris ..... Sheriff Alan Pangborn
Bonnie Bedelia ..... Polly Chalmers
Amanda Plummer ..... Nettie Cobb
J.T. Walsh ..... Danforth Keeton III
Ray McKinnon ..... Deputy Norris Ridgewick
Duncan Fraser ..... Hugh Priest
Valri Bromfield ..... Wilma Jerzyck
Shane Meier ..... Brian Rusk
William Morgan Sheppard ..... Father Meehan
Don S. Davis ..... Reverend Rose
Campbell Lane ..... Frank Jewett
Eric Schneider ..... Henry Beaufort
Frank C. Turner ..... Pete Jerzyck
Gillian Barber ..... Myrtle Keeton

Synopsis:

Satan opens an antique shop in a small town and lures the residents into evil actions in this supernatural chiller. Based on a novel by the prolific Stephen King, the film bears many of the author's trademarks, such as the New England setting and the focus on regular people tempted by the forces of supernatural evil. Here, the enticements toward bad behavior comes from the "Needful Things" shop, owned by new resident Leland Gaunt (Max von Sydow). Gaunt's shop offers an odd collection of goods, each of which happens to be the object of desire of a local resident. Instead of money, however, Gaunt demands that townspeople perform a series of simple pranks. He has a plan, and these actions escalate until the town is at violent war with itself. The residents are brought to life by a talented cast, led by von Sydow's suave devil and including Ed Harris as the local sheriff, J.T. Walsh as a corrupt politician, and Amanda Plummer as a seemingly innocent baker.

Castle Rock, New England, is a nice place to live and grow and Sheriff Alan Pangborn moves from the big city to the town expecting a quiet life. When Leland Gaunt opens the store Needful Things, he seems to have the object of desire for each dweller. He charges small amounts to the things but requests a practical joke for each of them against another inhabitant. Soon hell breaks loose in town with deaths, violence and riot and Sheriff Pangborn discovers that Leland Gaunt is the devil himself. Further, Gaunt is manipulating the population like puppets exploring the weakness and greed of each person.

Leland Gaunt comes to Sheriff Alan Pangborn's pleasant little New England town, and opens a store. What this kindly Satan sells is whatever you need, from a surcease from pain to an object which you have always coveted. The Faustian price is, of course, corruption, and soon the poor sheriff's town is wracked by jealousy, spite, and violence.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 19 February, 2016.